Game apparatus



Jan.l9, 1937. A.WEINBERG 2,068,306

GAME APPARATUS Filed July 15, 1935 I ENTOR.

ATTORNEY T Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide in a simple, yet mostattractive form, a game device or apparatus, capable of easy handmanipulation, provided with an automatic score-value indicator, that isto say, an indicator whose indication is beyond the control of theplayer when the device is out of his hand. In what I regard as a veryattractive embodiment of my invention, it is in the form of a throwabledevice or missile adapted to be taken in the hand and thrown at anobject or target, to the surface of which it will attach itself, and themissile being provided with a scale for cooperation with a movablepointer or index so mounted on the missile as to be free to move towhatever position relative to the dial that the jar or impact thatresults from striking the object or target may cause, or which mayresult from such movement of the index as may be due to the flight orpassage of the missile through the air after leaving the hand of theplayer. I illustrate such an embodiment of my invention in the drawingand will describe it in detail, but it is to be understood that thescope of my invention extends to whatever article or apparatus may beincluded within the terms or scope of the appended "claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the aforesaid embodiment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof.

The embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing comprises a slenderstraight shaft l0, say four or five inches long, which at one 35 end hasa vacuum cup ll of rubber and at the other end has light radial vanes I2corresponding to the feathered tip of an. arrow to control or direct theflight of the missile when thrown through the air. Just above the vacuumcup there is attached to the shaft a disc-form dial [3, which on itsupper and more exposed surface has at the rim, numerals that representscore values, the numerals; being equidistant apart around the rim, andeach including in its value a segment-shaped surface or area, betweenequidistant radial lines. The scoring disc is of skeleton form by havingholes or perforations l4, through it to reduce or prevent objectionableair resistance to the missile in flight. Pivoted to the shaft l0,immediately adjacent to the upper surface of the scoring disc is aradial finger it that is free to turn concentric With the shaft and withthe score dial so that its outer end may pass over the num-' beredspaces on the dial and its rotation ending, the score value will be thatwhich the outer end of the index points. The index finger may beinexpensively made of wire bent at its inner end to form a ring it toencircle the shaft l0,- very loosely to assure full freedom of rotarymovement of the index.

Adjacent and above the index pivoting ring the shaft it has anenlargement ll between which and the dial the index is confined andwhich serves as a convenient handle to gripor grasp the device betweenthe thumb and fingers for throwing it through the air at a target orother surface. If desired, a special target may be provided, but such atarget is not necessary as a part of the apparatus equipment, becausethe missile is complete in itself and may be thrown to the floor or tothe wall surface of a room or to a table, and the vacuum cup strikingthe surface to which it is thrown will adhere thereto and hold thereuntil the score value has been ascertained and the missile then detachedto be thrown again. The vacuum cup is a very desirable attaching meansbecause it is harmless in that it will not hurt any person or object itmay strike. instead of the vacuum cup, a more or less sharpenedextremity of the shaft, may be employed which will penetrate a wooden orother object against which the missile might be thrown. 4

What I claim is:-

1. A game apparatus comprising a shaft adapted to be put in motion by aplayer and to continue in motion when free from the control of theplayer, scoring means on the shaft comprising a dial with a score valuemarked thereon and an index to cooperate with the dial and free to moveautomatically with reference to the score values on the dial, said shafthaving means to attach the body to a surfaceagainst which the body maybe thrown.

2. Game apparatus, as in claim 1, the dial being of disc form and theindex having a ring that loosely encircles the shaft adjacent the dial.

3. Game apparatus comprising a body designed to be thrown into the airand to continue in motion when free from control of the player, saidbody having an impact portion, means on the impact portion of the bodyfor causing said body to adhere to an object struck by said body when inflight, said body including scoring values thereon and an index havingfree relative movement with reference to each other, whereby a score isregistered upon impact of the body with the flight arresting object.

ALEXANDER WEINBERG.

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